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I had a 1972 Pinto Wagon, it was a heck of a parts hauler, and the wagon was not supposed to blow up when hit from behind......thank goodness I never had to check that theory. The pitch in 71' was that a VW Beetle was $1999.00 and a new Pinto was $1995.00. They sold a lot of them before the gas tank scare. This picture is priceless :).

In 1970, Ford decided to move ahead with production of their new Pinto, even though their engineering crash tests showed it had a flawed design that would cause the gas tank to explode if the car was hit from behind. An estimated 500 people died in rear-end collisions involving Pintos.
 

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I had a 1972 Pinto Wagon, it was a heck of a parts hauler, and the wagon was not supposed to blow up when hit from behind......thank goodness I never had to check that theory. The pitch in 71' was that a VW Beetle was $1999.00 and a new Pinto was $1995.00. They sold a lot of them before the gas tank scare. This picture is priceless :).

In 1970, Ford decided to move ahead with production of their new Pinto, even though their engineering crash tests showed it had a flawed design that would cause the gas tank to explode if the car was hit from behind. An estimated 500 people died in rear-end collisions involving Pintos.
we had a corvair with the hazard up front...lol
"unsafe at any speed"...ralph nader
 

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500 died in Pinto rear-end collisions; how many total died in rear-end collisions, regardless of vehicle type, during the same time-frame?

Not saying their lying; just saying having ALL the data would paint the accurate picture...

I suspect the Pinto is as "unsafe" as other vehicles in rear-end collisions, and possibly safer than some, particularly older designs, which were still on the road in the 70's as daily drivers.
 

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500 died in Pinto rear-end collisions; how many total died in rear-end collisions, regardless of vehicle type, during the same time-frame?

Not saying their lying; just saying having ALL the data would paint the accurate picture...

I suspect the Pinto is as "unsafe" as other vehicles in rear-end collisions, and possibly safer than some, particularly older designs, which were still on the road in the 70's as daily drivers.
they skew the data to promote their agenda...
always have, is now, and forever shall be...
they are very creative about it these days...
how can unemployment numbers not include those not working and not actively seeking employment???
well, it does...
how can someone making 174,000 per year, accumulate 120 million dollars...
well, they did...
glad i am an old man with limited time...
i swear its gonna implode...
i had a business associate...that had insurance software that ran on sco unix
one day, as we were working...we got an error message, from some very clever programmer...at sco...
simply said...
"beam me up scotty, she is sucking mud"
kinda perfectly explains how i feel sometimes...
lol
 

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Nando.
I remember seeing that ad in a High Fidelity magazine in my high school library. Had forgotten all about it but it's one of my all-time favorite ads. And I've seen and been involved in creating a bunch of them over the years!
 
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